Huggable Henry
For shame – I’m moving ahead on my list, without completely crossing off the birthday task. Blah. I don’t believe any rule was set that indicated I had to continually blog about the same task. In progress. Thinking about writing about the mundane tasks associated with the birthday card task makes me sleepy – I can’t imagine what it would do for anyone else.
Ahem.
It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.
Oh Henry! I could just eat you and your crazy sideburns up, baby! You are speaking to me and not only am I listening, I am HEARING you. I look into my closet every morning, and I am lost at sea. I see crashing waves, jagged rocks, and a black swirling pool of blahhh attire. I turn away from this … because all I see is a mess.
Here is how I determine my clothing for the day – first, is it wrinkled? Second, have I worn it in the last 6 business days? Third, do I have to wear panty hose with it? These are in no particular order. And, these three prevailing items, override the following: safety pinning anything that may be a little too big. A pleasant problem that has now shifted into, dare I say, unacceptable-ness.
But, I found Henry’s thoughts on this ‘vision’ very telling of the closet/fashion situation. Wait, let me back up. The fashion situation is a product of the closet situation. There, I said it. It is quite simple. I can’t find my way through the closet to find the style and fashion I desire.
Then, like a bad infomercial, my colleague chimed in about this simplifying task in my blog (she is one of 7 readers). And, quite frankly, I complain about my closets ALL the time. She chimed in, utilizing her retail savviness. I’m giving her away to some people, but apparently this “container store” is the promise land for people like me. Well, back up – not just the store, the associates to TELL you what you need to HEAR, er, I mean to do. So …
Joy Mangano’s Huggable Hangers.
Yup.
Huggable hangers. I bought some. No, many. With clips, hooks…. And I remembered that our buddy wants us to keep going over our steps until it becomes a path.
First step was tossing out a few items. (Oddly, I am fairly good at this practice, so there was minimal casualties.)
Second step, hanging existing clothes on new snazzy hangers.
Third, moving clothing into ‘categories’ – i.e., dresses, pants, skirts, long sleeve shirts, etc.
Fourth, look at my closet.
Fifth, see my options. (I haven’t started this step yet…)
(x)o(x)o to Henry and Joy. And, I’m placing an order for 20 more regular huggables so I can beat this path down!
